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Cops in the US are lazy and entitled as fuck. They also don’t represent or defend the working class; they exist to protect the rich and uphold the status quo. It also doesn’t help that the US still doesn’t take online harassment as serious as it should.
we have plenty of horrible people who are cops, and we have plenty of good people who are cops that turn to blind eye because they prioritize their lives over the minorities the bad cops are being s*** heads to. any truly good people that would be willing to turn in bad cops end up being ostracized and leaving service. So all we end up with are bad cops and indifferent cops.
Even with all above stated it's a thankless position where you are underpaid to put your life on the line or a regular basis. The US criminal system is designed to create reoffenders, so the people trying to evade or kill the cops have experience doing so. Everybody's in a hurry to arm each other to the gills guns pour out of the streets like water. We couldn't even install good police reform until we start tackling the injustice in the criminal system.
It's all broken and greed and corruption and politics. And it's in a downward spiral for profit.
Cops where I live (Seattle) are paid well and they still do fuck-all. It's a thankless position because they've done everything they can to earn the contempt of regular people and precious little too earn our respect. There are lots of jobs where people are paid less and get assaulted more, and those people still do their jobs. Cops really have no excuse; they act the way they do simply because they're allowed to get away with it, and then they get butthurt when people have the nerve to ask for some accountability.
Hello, fellow Seattleite!
Anecdote time: Yesterday morning, someone walking their dog found the body of a dead man around 10am. Around 3am, someone from that area called police to report the sound of shots fired. The police did not respond to the call until the body was reported at 10.
I saw a post today on Reddit about someone in Seattle whose home was invaded by their neighbors. They had a bunch of property destroyed, had a gun pointed at them, and then got pistol whipped. The cops showed up and asked questions but made no move to do anything about the neighbors. Fucking useless.
You're just describing bad cops.